jpdb beta

to form a group; to form a bunch

3

flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly

2

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

5

chick; baby bird

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

5

rule; regulation

4

distrust; suspicion

1

to shine; to glow

3

tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

4

green grass

1

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

2

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

3

sound health

1

plants; vegetation

5

inquisitive (e.g. look); questioning; quizzical; interrogative

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

3

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

4

modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II

1

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

2

all-night vigil over a body; wake

1

mourning period; (in) mourning

1

purification; exorcism

12

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

2

rope; cord; policeman's rope

5

strange; odd; queer; peculiar; weird

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

6

to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

3

siren

35

bathing (of an infant); ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing

1

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

6

uncleanness; impurity; disgrace; shame; uncleanliness from contact with death, pregnancy, menstruation, etc.

1

washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)

1

Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan

2

warning; alarm; alert

8

vibration; vibrato; trill

4

branch (of an institution); branch hospital; branch temple

1

reference room

1

the Third Reich; Nazi Germany

2

scientific research

2

title; index; heading; headline; caption

4

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

under the ... administration; within the ... government

1

previous; former

1

human; personal

1

to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

1

I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jimmu's reign in 660 BCE

4

Goebbels

5